Alvez and Ipfelkofer Lead into Day 2 of PartyPoker Tour Castellón €500 Main Event with €30,000 to Champion

Level 12:	1,500/3,000/3,000
Entries:	92/368
Prizes:	€163,760

After the completion of four starting flights, 92 players will return to Orenes Gran Casino at 6 p.m. for Day 2 of the €500 Main Event at PartyPoker Tour Castellón to battle for the impressive €163,760 prize pool.

Sergio Alvez of Spain (584,000) and Heribert Ipfelkofer of Germany (506,000) lead the way, and plenty of notable players are in contention, including Dara O’Kearney (224,000), Ian Simpson (251,000), Robbie Bull (165,000), Aleksander Georgiev (174,000).

Meanwhile, PartyPoker Tour team members Barny Boatman (104,000), Niall Farrell (260,000), Barry Carter (295,000) and Matt Staples (83,000) are all hoping to make a run at the title.

Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Counts

The top ten counts at the start of play are below:

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
1	Sergio Alvez	Spain	584,000	194
2	Heribert Ipfelkofer	Germany	506,000	168
3	Matthew Gray	United Kingdom	503,000	167
4	Hayk Ghardyan	Armenia	468,000	156
5	Jonathan Rees	United Kingdom	451,000	150
6	Alfonso Lapaz	Spain	442,000	147
7	Jaume Pueyo	Spain	395,000	131
8	Sebastian Hitz	Germany	392,000	130
9	Francisco Molina	Spain	370,000	123
10	Juan Martinez	Spain	362,000	120

Day 2 Seating Draw

The seating draw and full counts for Day 2 are set out below, with Table 100 being the streamed feature table:

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
7	1	Borja Lopez	Spain	180,000	60
7	2	Efrain Castro	United States	234,000	78
7	3	Barry Carter	United Kingdom	295,000	98
7	4	Sergio Alvez	Spain	584,000	194
7	5	Dan Apostol	Romania	160,000	53
7	6	Jaume Pueyo	Spain	395,000	131
7	7	Ioan Topia	Romania	304,000	101
7	8	Jose Maria Peris	Spain	231,000	77
8	1	Roberto Corona	Italy	262,000	87
8	2	Andres Cuesta	Spain	128,000	42
8	3	Sergio Andrada	Spain	226,000	75
8	4	Manuel Garcia	Spain	154,000	51
8	5	Martin Lozano	Spain	194,000	64
8	6	Hayk Ghardyan	Armenia	468,000	156
8	7	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	260,000	86
8	8	Jonathan Rees	United Kingdom	451,000	150
11	1	Valentin Dita	Romania	51,000	17
11	2	Jose Antonio Lopez	Spain	145,000	48
11	3	Pablo Julian	Spain	320,000	106
11	4	Panchmatia	India	87,000	29
11	5	Francisco Mendez	Spain	224,000	74
11	6	Jarkko Suokas	Finland	73,000	24
11	7	Gonzalo Mencia	Spain	79,000	26
11	8	Ian Simpson	United Kingdom	251,000	83
12	1	Jorge Ruiz	Spain	241,000	80
12	2	Marcin Jackowski	Poland	144,000	48
12	3	Ionut Gavrila	Romania	253,000	84
12	4	Juan Ocampo	Spain	233,000	77
12	5	Hector Avila	Spain	151,000	50
12	6	Jeff Cannon	United Kingdom	280,000	93
12	7	Alejandro Valdes	Spain	131,000	43
12	8	Salvador Soria	Spain	112,000	37
15	1	Pablo Montesinos	Spain	45,000	15
15	2	Saul Laguillo	Spain	52,000	17
15	3	Jose Puertas	Spain	136,000	45
15	4	Andrew Ward	United Kingdom	185,000	61
15	5	Sergio Marco	Spain	345,000	115
15	6	Sebastian Hitz	Germany	392,000	130
15	7	Hugo Gotuzzo	Argentina	103,000	34
15	8	Ruben Cortes	Spain	101,000	33
16	1	Borja Sanchis	Spain	206,000	68
16	2	Ismael Canay	Spain	105,000	35
16	3	Siddharth Sudunagunta	India	291,000	97
16	4	Stavros Kokotsakis	Greece	318,000	106
16	5	Matthew Staples	Canada	83,000	27
16	6	Jesus Hervas	Spain	169,000	56
16	7	Luis Navarro	Spain	123,000	41
16	8	Alejandro Rubio	Spain	121,000	40
19	1	James Smith	United Kingdom	92,000	30
19	2	Heribert Ipfelkofer	Germany	506,000	168
19	3	Adelin Condrache	Romania	27,000	9
19	4	Raphael Garcia	Belgium	201,000	67
19	5	Alejandro Casanova	Spain	125,000	41
19	6	Jose Maria Perez	Spain	291,000	97
19	7	Ramon Navarro	Spain	232,000	77
19	8	Diego Lopez	Spain	88,000	29
20	1	Daniel Moya	Spain	104,000	34
20	2	Xavier Adsuara	Spain	99,300	33
20	3	Lucas Bel	Spain	257,000	85
20	4	Florian Schultheis	Germany	80,000	26
20	5	Bruce Shannon	United Kingdom	176,000	58
20	6	Pau Veciana	Spain	103,000	34
20	7	Luis Navarro	Spain	123,000	41
20	8	Stefan Stroffek	Austria	317,000	105
23	1	Enrique Garcia-Fioloso	Spain	130,000	43
23	2	Chiel Van Marwijik	Netherlands	170,000	56
23	3	Baptiste Garreau	France	131,000	43
23	4	Marino Diez	Spain	305,000	101
23	5	Alexandre Carceller	Spain	53,000	17
23	6	Sergio Lopez	Spain	273,000	91
23	7	Erico Iervasi	Italy	211,000	70
23	8	Jensen Chow	Canada	186,000	62
24	1	Sergio Lopez	Spain	120,000	40
24	2	Dorian Dizy	Spain	252,000	84
24	3	Sergio Lopez	Spain	273,000	91
24	4	Marino Diez	Spain	305,000	101
24	5	Jonathan Marinier	Canada	71,000	23
24	6	Alfonso Lapaz	Spain	442,000	147
24	7	Alberto Vaca	Spain	85,000	28
24	8	Robert Getz	Canada	262,000	87
27	1	Empty
27	2	Patrice Brandt	Germany	185,000	61
27	3	Sebastian Ruiz	Spain	150,000	50
27	4	Matthew Gray	United Kingdom	503,000	167
27	5	Lewis Henderson	United Kingdom	79,000	26
27	6	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	104,000	34
27	7	Robbie Bull	United Kingdom	165,000	55
27	8	Francesco Molina	Spain	370,000	123
100	1	Raul Cascallana	Spain	313,000	104
100	2	Elvira Malay	Bulgaria	60,000	20
100	3	Juan Martinez	Spain	362,000	120
100	4	Daniel Smith	United Kingdom	159,000	53
100	5	Carlos Diaz	Spain	89,000	29
100	6	Dara O’Kearney	Ireland	224,000	74
100	7	Aleksandar Georgiev	Bulgaria	174,000	58
100	8	Jose Manuel Saez	Spain	80,000	26

Payouts Confirmed – €30,000 to Champion

The chunky sum of €30,000 awaits the winner, with the prize pool to be shared between the top 55 players, and a miniumum cash being worth €1,000.

The full payouts are detailed below:

Place	Prize
1	€30,000
2	€20,000
3	€14,500
4	€11,000
5	€8,500
6	€6,500
7	€4,800
8	€3,810
9	€3,000
10-11	€2,500
12-13	€2,100
14-15	€1,800
16-20	€1,600
21-27	€1,400
28-34	€1,250
35-47	€1,100
48-55	€1,000

The Day 2 action will be live streamed on the official PartyPoker YouTube channel on a 30-minute delay, and poker.pro will be live on the floor from 6 p.m., so stay tuned as we see who can put themselves in pole position for the final day!